Newcastle Striker Target Could Be Staying Put

After two seasons in which manager Paul Lambert has simply ignored Aston Villa’s top wage earner Darren Bent (£65K/week), Villa’s American owner Randy Lerner has asked his manager to give Darren Bent a chance next season.

Darren Bent – on the bench at Villa
In the last two seasons, Villa have finished in 15th place – 6th bottom – so they have hardly had much success under the former Norwich City manager.

Lerner is attempting to put the financial books in order at the club, so he has some chance of possibly selling Aston Villa soon, and is unwilling to pay out big bucks for a new striker in the summer.

Both of Villa’s strikers have long term injuries – Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak – so it seems that Bent could be staying at Villa, and that could prevent Alan Pardew from trying for a second summer running, to get his former Charlton striker to Newcastle United.

Since Lambert came in two years ago, two other big wage earners and former Newcastle players – Shay Given and Charles N’Zogbia – haven’t had a look in either – and that’s an awful lot of wages sitting on the bench, that Lerner paid out big money for.

But if this news is true, it could bring to an end Newcastle’s pursuit of Darren Bent – although he hardly had a good time of it at Fulham on loan last season, where he was unable to get a starting position at the now relegated club.

headtheball – I was working on another post -but have to give up -as I’ve been ordered to get some gardening done.
Anyway it was based on the legendary comic strip hero “Buster Brown” – a well known quote was “Buster Brown get outta town”.
Easily changed to Buster Broon gid oota Toon.
An Urban Dictionary definition of Buster Brown is:-
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buster brown
“A really goofy looking person who also has very poor social skills and is usually not wanted by a majority of a group.
Yo mang why are we hanging out with this buster brown he’s making us look bad
by Shawnix Fleury July 03, 2006?

tads,
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Ffs has he gone yet, I was on at dinner when he told us he’s leaving because we’re all moaning non business people, I come back on at break and he’s still harping on about how the club are right for not wanting to win something but wrong for telling us, then he says he’s in to golden showers but doesn’t wan’t us to know, incredible.

TDS
Now that the dreadful football has taken a break, you can try and encourage people to be positive…or atleast less negative..but once the season starts…and if we lose the first 2 games , it will be no holds barred negativity..

I’m still looking forward to next season. Don’t think it will be as bad as people think as Ashley may not care for football but he cares for money and by spending a little this summer on 4/5 players he will ensure the premier league cash cow keeps on giving for him.

We might not kick on much be be interesting to see a few different players before they are ruined by our sure brand of football.

Please say it isn’t so! Our 2 goal striker Shola is leaving us? Nooooo! But we’re going to bring in a 20 year old Spaniard to replace Remy mates so have no fear for next season. It looks like Sissoko would like to leave as well. And he was nearly a purple! I would rate him as light blue already! Who else will leave? Surely not Pard’s best mate Benny? And what about the beloved Marveaux? We are certainly looking like an exciting club going forward.

I’m looking forward to the summer transfer window TS mate. Mike spending wisely. A pound here, a pound there. Fairly soon he has spent 2 pounds! Huzzah! With and untested 20 year old Spaniard to lead the line we will go far! Lots of excitement as we lose the first 6 matches to begin next season. Pards sacked, Curbishley brought in! More excitement!

What about getting rid of some of our watery yellows? Amalfitano, Obertan. I admit they have been great successes like Ranger and Xisco but surely it is time for them to ply their trade elsewhere? Or are they going to be hidden gems brought out by wor Alan when we don’t sign enough players in the summer? Only time will tell. Alan is excited looking at our squad already!

I admit every team needs a few watery yellows in the squad. Too much purple can spoil the picture. Still I believe we have more than our share. Poor Mike has a lot to deal with. People demanding he spend money, the anxiety of a summer moob job, the charges pending for molesting budgies. It’s horrible. It’s getting so a man can’t plan his summer pissup on the yacht in peace.

Great idea but no, I feel the toon army have suffered enough by way of paying to watch fatty’s team fanny about on the pitch aided by a fanny of a manager, so therefore I have taken the decision to allow free access to fatty’s beasting!

So we’re not in for Cabella anymore? He was far too expensive for us anyway. We’re looking for someone in the 3-4M pound range with far less talent. Somebody to take up space in the midfield. That sort of thing.

Very true, maybe this lad is shola’s replacement and remy’s is yet to come? Think I’m losing my mind here.

But you never know, we seem to scout pretty well so this lad might have a modest record but what’s the circumstances? Do the team play to his strengths? Do they get a lot of goals? Does he get or make many chances? Is his chance conversion rate high? Etc etc…just going off goals altidore was a great buy for the mackems but we know how that worked out.

Like I say, we aren’t going to push on for top 4/6 but Ashley will certainly want a safe mid table team so must do something interesting to replace cabaye and remy at least…fingers crossed anyway.

they got fat sam in to do a job and get them up and keep them in the prem, at least they have listened to the fans but they know its a fat sam team and they have invested a lot in it so there doing it the right way I think

will fat sam be open to it and will he move the team on time will tell
pulis wasn’t a one trick pony as was first thought maybe sam can change to

True. You could give him Messi and Ronaldo and the setup would still be defensive.

I have absolutely no faith in Pardew. I gave him credit for changing style to a passing style at the start of the season(regret that now), but it didn’t take a long time before I saw he didn’t know how to attack at all in a balanced way. That won’t change unfortunately.

I strongly believe we will replace wor Obertan with someone who is even worse than him this season. It’s all in the cunning plan mates. Sissoko is already fed up with us. Surely with 6 or 7 players leaving we’re going to bring in some top new talent for Pards to ruin?

You know, a lot of you are showing a disappointing lack of enthusiasm for the summer window. I don’t understand it. Here we have a magnificent opportunity to get out and gather all the hidden gems available. Other clubs will be going after expensive players while we troll around in the underworld. I’m very saddened by your lack of support for Mike.
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Well I guess Pardew it is, but don’t expect me or fans to back him or the club. The club have made their bed and decided that mid table mediocrity and no trophies is as far as they want to go.

Pardew indeed is the perfect manager for that, as to go any further you need a manager who can actually manage.

Whether the players feel the same is different, i wonder what Krul, Sissoko, Debuchy (all internationals off to the world cup) etc think about it. Would they want to stay, hell no, and who could blame them.

However Pardew fits the job description, that will please some, you know the ones, the ones who say what is is and we will just go with it because we don’t care, but I am sure the Majority of fans want ambition, passion and trophies (or at least a damn good attempt).

So you have the choice, be like those passionless sheep who will back Pardew and co to the hilt because, ‘thats what we’ve got’, or show your dissent at the clubs lack of passion and stay away.

I mean seriously would you want to pay money, which is very tight these days, to go into a club that doesn’t give a damn about entertaining you or giving you a product that you’ve paid for.

And as for the war chest we have been hearing about for summer recruitments, seriously to those who believe this PR spin do you really think ‘We do not see cups and Europe as a priority’ and ‘Transfer war chest to strengthen the squad’ in the same sentence.

Transfer War chest is for clubs and managers who want to win things and progress, so therefore the only players brought in will be just about good enough to keep the ambition of staying 4th from bottom.

Who wants that apart from Ashley and Pardew. Well I could name a few, but the real and true fans want whats best for the club and not just go with the flow. But hey Pardew it is, so your choice to pay and display or walk away and wait till ALL the parasites are gone.

You know as Official Blog Hobbit I have to deal with a lot of provocative posts. People who believe it or not don’t like Mike. People with an axe to grind apparently. People who like decent football. Trouble makers in other words. Well, watch yourselves on here. We have high standards! Harrumph!

I’ll be going next season. I’ve long given up on us winning anything, so that isn’t an issue for me. The club only exists because of the fans and it is our biggest asset. If we desert the club, it is doomed.

I bet a lot of you are sorry you criticized Jonas for being overweight while he was with us. He was just carrying on a proud tradition. Sign for us and gain weight. Relax. Enjoy yourself. Eat meat pies. Like Mark Viduka.

Do you lot realize how difficult it is to lie deep in the shrubbery outside someone else’s ground disguised as a woodchuck? Well??? You should be thanking Alan for his sacrifices to the club! He’s even had to memorize the woodchuck mating call!

In honor of two dedicated Newcastle fans, who lost their lives supporting Newcastle United, when their passenger jet was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday July 17th, 2014 by rebels, as they were traveling to support the team in New Zealand.

We will never forget them.

Health Update - 1 August, 2015

I must admit I hold my breath every six months as I go through medical tests to measure my PSA count.

But good news early last week that the PSA count is still undetectable, and that means the prostate cancer is still under control, and there is no trace of cancer in the body.

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